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T ITTLE POLLY FLINDERS 
Sat among the Cinders, 
Warming her pretty little 
toes ! 

Her mother came and 
caught her, 

And whipped her 
little daughter. 

For spoiling her nice 
new clothes. 


Born on a Monday, 

Christened on 
T uesday. 

Married on 
Wednesda}^ 

Took ill on Thursday, 

Worse on Friday, 

Died on Saturday, 

Buried on Sunday, — 

This is the end of Solomon Grundy. 


COLOMON . 

^ GRUNDY 


EE, SEE! What shall I see ? 

A horse’s head where his tail should be ! 



IWONftTUFFEI 

Eating of curds and whey; 

There came a black spider, 

That sat down beside her, 

.And frightened Miss Muffet away. 

THERE was an old woman, and whatdoyou think. 
She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink; 
Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet; 
Yet this tiresome old woman could never be quiet. 



ITTLE King Boggen he built a fine hall. 

Pie-crust and pastry-crust, that 
was the wall ; 

The windows were made 
of black puddings 
and white. 
And slated with pan- 
cakes, — you ne’er 
saw the like. 

YE, baby bunting. 
Daddy’s gone a-hunting, 
To get a little rabbit’s skin. 
To wrap the baby bunting in. 



DAT, BAT, come 
under my hat, ( 

And I’ll give 

you a slice of bacon ; 

And when I bake. I’ll give 
you a cake. 

If I am not mistaken. 

QNCE I saw a little bird 
Come hop, hop, hop; 

So I cried, “ Little bird. 

Will you stop, stop, stop?” 

And was going to the window, 
To say “ How do you do ?” 

But he shook his little tail, 

And far away he flew ! 



THERE was a Piper had a cow. 

And he had naught to give her; 

He pulled out his pipes and played her a tune. 
And bade the cow consider. 


The cow considered very well. 
And gave the Piper a penny. 
And bade him play the other tune, 
“ Corn rigs are bonny. ” 



LITTLE BO-PEEP But when she awoke 

Has lost her sheep, She found it a joke, 


And can’t tell where to find them; For still they all were fleeting. 

Let them alone, 

And they’ll come home Then up she took 

And bring their tails behind them. Her little crook, 

Determined for to find them ; 

Little Bo-Peep She found them, indeed, 

Fell fast asleep. But it made her heart bleed. 

And dreamt she heard them bleating, For they’d left their tails behind them. 


I 



%lt happened one day, 

As Bo-Peep did stray 
a meadow hard by, 

There she espied 

eir tails, side by side, 
a line to dry. 

she heaved a sigh, 
id wiped her eye, 
the hillocks she raced, 
And tried what she could, 
As a shepherdess should, 
That each tail should be properly 
placed 



POME, butter, come. 
Come, butter, come! 
Peter stands at the gate, 
VV aiting for a buttered cake ; 
Come, butter, come! 


TIP hill and down 
^ dale; 

Butter is made in 
every vale. 

DUB-A-DUB-DUB, 
Three men in a tub. 
And who, do you think, 
they be ? 

The butcher, the baker. 
The candlestick- maker. 
Turn ’em out, knaves all three ! 


T HAD a little hobby horse, 

^ And it was a dapple gray. 
Its head was made of pea-straw, 
Its tail was made of hay. 

I sold it to an old woman 
P'or a copper groat ; 

And I’ll not sing my song again 
Without a new coat. 


T^EEDLE, deedle, dumpling, my son John, 
He went to bed with his stockings on; 
One shoe off, and one shoe on, 

Deedle, deedle, dumpling, my son John. 


D IDE a cock-horse 
To Banbury cross. 
To see what Tommy can buy. 
A penny white loaf. 

And a penny white cake 
And a two-penny apple pie. 



ONE misty, moisty morning. 
When cloudy was the 
weather, 

I chanced to meet an 
old man, clothed 
all in leather. 

He began to com- 
pliment, and I 
began to grin. 

How do you do, 
and how do 
you do? 

Aii'd how do 
you do again? 




FOLIR and twenty 

snail ; 

The best nnan amongst 

touch her tail ; 

She put out her horns, like a little Key 
■Run, tailors, run, or she’ll kill you all just nowl 




Who pulled her out? Little Tommy Trout. 
What a naughty boy was that, 

To drown poor Pussy Cat, 

Who never did any harm. 

But killed the mice in his father’s barn! 


THE sow came in with the saddle, 
^ The little pig rocked the cradle, 
The dish jumped up on the table. 
To see the pot swallow the ladle. 
The spit that stood behind the door. 
Threw the pudding-stick on the floor. 
“Odsplut!” said the gridiron, 

“ Can’t you agree ? 

I’m the head constable. 
Bring them to me.” 



’WHEN good King Arthur ruled his 
land. 

He was a goodly king; 
He stole three pecks 
of barley meal. 
To make a bag- 
pudding. 

A bag-pudding, the 
king did make. 
And stuffed it well 
with plums. 
And in it put great 
lumps of fat. 

As big as my two 
thumbs. 


The king and queen did eat 
thereof, 

And noblemen beside ; 

And what they could not 
eat that night, 

The queen next 

morning fried. 



THE lion and the 
^ unicorn 
Were fighting for 
the crown ; 

The lion beat the 
unicorn 

All round about 
the town. 

Some gave them white oread. 

And some gave them brown; 

Some gave them plum-cake, 

And sent them out of town. 


A S I was going along, long, long, 

^ A-singing a comical song, song, song, 

I'he lane that I went was so long, long, long. 

And the song that I sung was so long, long, long. 
And so I went singing along. 






JACK SPHAT could eat no fat, 

His wife could eat no lean, 
And so, between them both, you see, 

They licked the platter clean 




TO market, to market, to buy a fat pig, 
Home again, home again, jiggety jig. 
To market, to market, to buy a fat hog. 
Home again, home again, jiggety jog. 

DLACK we are, but much admired; 

^ Men seek for us till they are tired. 
VVe tire the horse, but comfort man: 
Tell me this riddle if you can. 

( COALS. ) 


COME little mice sat in a barn to spin ; 

Pussy came by, and popped her head in : 
“Shall I come in and cut your threads off?” 

“Oh, no, kind sir, you 
will snap our 
heads off!” 

U PO N my word 
and honor. 
As I went up to 

Bonner, 
I met a pig. 
Without a wig. 
Upon my word 

and honor. 



UUMPTY-DUMPTY 
sat on a wall, 

Humpty-Dumpty 
had a great fall ; 

All the king’s horses, 
and all the 
' king’s men 
Cannot put H umpty- 
Dumpty 
together 
again. 

( AN EGG. ) 

E are all in the 
dumps, 

P'or diamonds are 
trumps ; 

rhe kittens have gone to 
St. Pauls : 

d'he babies are bit, 
d'he moon’s in a fit. 

And the houses are built without walls. 

TYINGTY DIDDLEDY, my mammy’s maid, 
^ She stole oranges, I am afraid ; 

Some in her pocket, some in her sleeve. 

She stole oranges, I do believe. 




''HE North Wind doth blow, 
And we shall have snow, 
And what will poor Robin 
do then ? 


He will hop to a barn, 

And to keep himself warm. 
Will hide his head 
under his wing. 

Poor thing ! 


QNE, TWO, THREE, 
How good you be ; 

I love coffee. 

And Billy loves tea. 


lAIDDLEDY, diddledy, dumpty; 
^ The cat ran up the plum-tree. 
I’ll lay you a crown 
I’ll fetch you down ; 

So diddledy, diddledy, dumpty. 


A - MILKING, a-milking, my maid, 

^ “ Cow, take care of your heels,” she said ; 

“ And you shall have some nice new hay. 

If you’ll quietly let me milk away. ” 


pOCK-A-BYE, baby, thy cradle is green; 

Father’s a nobleman ; mother’s a queen; 
Betty’s a lady, and wears a gold ring ; 

And Johnny’s a drummer, and drums for the king. 



T HAD a little pony ; 

^ His name was Dapple-gray: 
I lent him to a lady. 

To ride a mile away. 

She whipped him, she lashed him. 

She rode him through the mire ; 

I would not lend my pony 
now 

For all the lady’s hire. 

THERE was an 
^ old woman 
lived under 
the hill. 

And if she’s not 
gone, she lives 
there, still. 

Baked apples she sold, and 
cranberry pies. 

And she’s the old woman that 
never told lies ! 


OLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON. 

Polly put the kettle on, 

Polly put the kettle on, 

And let’s drink tea. 


Sukey take it off again, 
Sukey take it off again, 
Sukey take it off again. 
They’ve all gone away. 



HAD a little dog, his name was Buff, 

I sent him to the shop for an ounce of snuff ; 

But he lost the bag, 

and spilt the snuff. 
So take that cuff, 

and that’s enough ! 

DETER, PETER, 

^ Pumpkin eater, 
Had a wife and couldn’t 
keep her ; 

He put her in a 
pumpkin shell. 
And there he kept 
her very well. 


UERE’S sulky Sue, 

^ What shall we do? 

Turn her face to the 
wall till she 
comes to. 

f AZY TOM with 
^ jacket blue, 

Stole his father’s 
gouty shoe; 

The worst of harm 

that we can wish him^ 

Is that the gouty shoe 
may fit him. 

A LITTLE pig found a fifty-dollar note; 

^ And purchased a hat, and a very fine coat. 
With trousers, and stockirigs, and shoes, 
Cravat, and shirt-collar, and gold-head cane. 
Then, proud as could be, he marched up the lane: 
Said he, “I shall hear all the news!” 



CEE-SAW, sacradown, sacradown. 

Which is the way to Boston town ? 
One foot up, the other foot down. 

That is the way to Boston town. 



LITTLE BOy BLCIE come blow your horn; 

The sheep’s in the meadow, the cow’s in the corn. 
“Where’s the little boy thaf- looks after the sheep?” 
“He’s under the hay-cock fast asleep.” 

“Will you wake him?” “/No, not 1; 

For if I do, he’ll be sure to cry!” 



BARBEK 
How many hairs 


• rour and twenty, that's enough!" 
Give the poor Barber a pinch of snuff. 


DOOR old Robinson Crusoe ! 

^ Poor old Robinson Crusoe ! 

They made him a coat of an old Nanny Goat; 
I wonder hpvy they could do so ! 

With a ririg-a-ting tang, 

And a ring-a-ting tang, 

Poor old Robinson Crusoe ! 


A CARRION CROW sat on an oak, 

^ Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, he ding do. 
Watching a tailor shape his coat ; 

Sing he, sing ho, the old carrion crow, 
J Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, he ding do. 



Wife, bring me my old bent 
bow, 

Fol de riddle, lol de 

riddle, he ding, do. 
That I may shoot yon 

carrion crow. ” 
Sing he, sing ho, 
the old 
carrion crow, 
Fol de riddle, 
lol de riddle, 
he ding do. 



Wife! Owife! bring brandy in 


a spoon, 

Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, he ding do. 
For the old miller’s sow is in a swoon.” 

Sing he, sing ho, the old carrion crow, 
Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, he ding do. 


The tailor shot, 
and he 
missed 
his mark, 

Fol de riddle, 
lol de riddle, 
he ding do, 

And shot the 
miller’s sow 
right through 
the heart; 

Sing he, -sing ho, 

the old Gtirrion crow, 
Fol de riddlejlol de 

riddle,.hp ding do. 




A S round as an apple, as deep as a cup, 

^ And all the king’s horses can’t pull it up. 


( A WELL. ) 



Sleepy Headj 
“Let's sta'^ aWhilersa^s SloW, 
Lets sta^ av\/hiie,”sa'^s SloWj 
‘Tut on the pot, ’’says Greedy- Gut, 
“We’ll sup before We go, 

Well sup before We go.” 



“Old Mother 


- Re^ - 

Hubbard went to the cupboard, to get her poor dog a bone/’ 


ALD Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard, 
To get her poor dog a bone: 

When she came there, the cupboard was bare ; 
And so the poor dog had none. 

She went to the baker’s / 

To buy him some bread. 

But when she came back 

She thought he was dead.4 ' 

She went to the undertaker’s 
To buy him a coffin, ' r 
But when she came back 
The dog w'as a-laughing. 

She took a clean dish 
^ To get him some tripe, 
And -when she came back 
\ , ■ He was smoking a pipe. 

She went to the grocer’s 
To buy him some fruit, 
And when she came back 
He was playing the flute. 

She went to the tavern 

For wine, white and red. 

And when she came back 

The d Dg stood on his head. 







She went to the tailor’s 
To buy him a coat, 

And when she came back, 
He was riding the goat. 

She went to the hatter’s 
To buy him a hat. 

And when she came back 
He was feedine the cat. 


She went to the cobbler’s 
To buy him some shoes, 

And when she came back 

He was reading the news. 

She went for a key 

That would fit in the lock. 

And when she came back 
He was winding the clock. 

She went out again 

To buy him some linen, 

And when she came back 

She found the dog spinning. 

She went to the barber’s 
To buy him a wig. 

And when she came back 
He was dancing a jig. 





She went to 

the hosier’s 
To buy him 
some hose, 
And when she 
came back, 
He was dressed 
in 

clothes. 


The dame made a 
curtsy, 

The dog made 
a bow ; 


The dame said 

“ Y our servant,” 
The dog said, 

“ Bow, wow!” 













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‘OLD woman, old woman, shall we go a shearing?” 

“Speak a little louder, sir, I’m very thick of hearing. 
Old woman, old woman, shall I kiss you dearly?” 
“Thank you, kind sir, I hear you very clearly!” 



THREE children sliding on the ice 
^ Upon a summer’s day, 

As it fell out, they all fell in — 

The rest they ran away. 


Now had these children been at home. 
Or sliding on dry ground. 

Ten thousand pounds to one penny. 
They had not all been drowned. 

You parents all that children have. 

And you that have got none ; 

If you would have them safe abroad. 
Pray keep them safe at home. 


UIGHER than a house, higher than a tree, 
^ Oh, whatever can that be ? 


( A STAR. ) 


THE girl in the lane, that couldn’t speak plain 
Cried “Gobble, gobble, gobble:” 
d'he man on the hill, that couldn’t stand still. 
Went hobble, hobble, hobble. 



TWELVE pairs hanging high. 
Twelve knights riding by — 
Each took a pear. 

And yet left twelve there. 

MISS JANE had a bag, 

^ and a mouse was in it; 

She opened the bag, he 
was out in a minute. 

The cat saw him jump 
and run under 
the table. 

And the dog said, 

“Catch him, puss, soon,-, 
as you’re able. 


’yiTHAT care I how black I be, 
Twenty pounds will 
marry me : 

If twenty won’t, forty shall — 

I am my mother’s bouncing girl ! 


IJARK ! hark ! the dogs do bark, 

The beggars have come to town ; 
Some in rags, and some in tags. 

And some in velvet gowns. 


DITTY Patty Polt, 
Shoe the wild colt : 
Here a nail, 

And there a nail, 

Pitty Patty Polt. 


MY story’s ended. 

My spoon is bended : 
If you don’t like it. 

Go to the next door 
And get it mended. 



THE cock doth crow, 
To let you know, 
If you be well, 

’Tis time to rise. 


UiCKETY, pickety, 
my black hen. 
She lays good 
eggs for 
gentlemen ; 
Gentlemen come 
every day 
To see what my 
black hen 
doth lay. 


LTUSH, baby, my doll, 

■^■*■1 pray you don’t cry, 

And I’ll give you some bread 
And some milk by and bye : 

Or, perhaps, you like custard. 

Or, maybe, a tart ; 

Then to either you’re welcome. 

With all my heart. 

WOOLEY FOSTER has 
’ ’ gone to sea. 

With silver buckles at his 
knee ; 

When he comes back, he’ll 
marry me — 

Bonny Wooley Foster! 

Wooley Foster has a cow, 

Black and white about the mow ; 
Open the gates and let her through — 
Wooley Foster’s ain cow! 

Wooley Foster has a hen. 

Cockle button, cockle ben ; 

She lays eggs for gentlemen — 

But none for Wooley Foster! 




0WILT THOU BE MINE. 

Thou shalt not wash dishes, nor yet feed 
the swine ; 

But sit on a cushion and sew a fine seam, 

And feed upon strawberries, sugar, and cream ! 

MOLLIE, my sister, and I fell out 
^ ^ And what do you think it was about ? 
She loved coffee, and I loved tea. 

And that was the reason we couldn’t agree. 



TONG legs, crooked thighs, 
^ Little head, and no eyes. 

( A PAIR OF TONGS. ) 

THREE blind mice, see 
^ how they run ! 

They all ran after the 

farmer’s wife, 
'Who cut off their tails 
with the 

carving-knife. 
Did you ever see 
such fools 
in your life ? 
Three blind mice ! 



TOMMY TROT, a man of law, 

'*■ Sold his bed and lay upon straw : 
Sold the straw and slept on grass, 

To buy his wife a looking-glass. 


My HEN I was a little boy, I had but little wit, 
'' It is some time ago, and I’ve no more yet; 
Nor ever, ever shall, until that I die. 

For the longer I live, the more fool am I. 


A S I was going to " 

^ sell my eggs, ' 

I met a man with 

bandy legs. 

Bandy legs and crooked toes ; 

I tripped up his heels, and he fell on his nose. 


THREE wise men 
of Gotham 
Went to sea in a 
bowl ; 

If the bowl had 
been stronger. 
My song had been 
longer. 




a song of sixpence, 

TV pocket full of rye ) 
Four-and-twenty blackbirds 
Baked in a Bie. 

When The Fie Was opened 
The birds began 1b singj 


Was not that a dainty dish 
To set before a King. 


-house, 

untTng out his moneyi 



l)own eame 
a blackbird, 
And peeked 
off her 
Hose I 


The Maid was 
in the garden, 
•Hanging out 
clothes i 


The Queen was in 
the parlor. 
Eating bread 
and hone^ j 


T' 


''HERE was a little man, 

And he had a little gun, 

And his bullets were made of lead, lead, lead ; 
He went to the brook. 

And saw a little duck. 

And shot it through the head, head, head. 


He carried it home 
d'o his old wife Joan, 

And bid her a fire to make, make, make. 

To roast the little 
duck 

He had shot in the 
brook. 

And he’d go and fetch the 
drake, drake, drake. 



THERE was an old 
^ man of Tobago, 


Who lived on rice, 

gruel, and sago. 
Till, much to his 
bliss, 

His physician said 
this, 

“ To a leg, sir, of mut- 
ton you may go.” 




MARY had a little lamb, 

Its fleece was white 
as snow ; 

And everywhere that 
Mary went, 

The lamb was sure 
to go. 

He followed her to 

school one day 
That was against the rule ; 

It made the children laugh and play 
To see a lamb at school. 

So the teacher turned him out, 
But still he lingered near. 
And waited patiently about. 
Till Mary did appear. 

Then he ran to her and laid 
His head upon her arm. 

As if he said. “ I’m not afraid, — 

You’ll keep me from all harm.” 

“ What makes the lamb love Mary so ?” 
The eager children cry. 

“ Oh, Mary loves the lamb, you know,” 
The teacher did reply. 




DOCTOR FAQSTCIS was a good man, 
He whipped his scholars now and then; 
When he whipped them, he made 
them dance 


Out of Scotland into France, 
Out of France into Spain, 
And then he whipped them 
back again. 



eOCK-A-DOOOLE-DOO! 

My dame has lost her shoe ; 

My master’s lost his fiddle-stick, 
And don’t know what to do 


Cock-a-doodle-doo ! 

What is my dame to do ? 

Till master finds his fiddle-stick, 
She’ll dance without her shoe. 



THERE was a man 
in our town, 
And he was won- 
drous wise ; 
He jumped into a 
bramble bush, 
And scratched 
out both 

his eyes. 


And when he saw 
his eyes were out, 
With all his might and 
main. 

He jumped into another bush. 

And scratched them in again. 


TF a man who turnips cries 

Cries not when his father dies. 

It is a proof that he would rather 
Have a turnip than his father. 

CNAIL, Snail, come out of your hole, 

^ Or else I’ll beat you black as a coal. 
Snail, Snail, put out your head. 

Or else I’ll beat you till you’re dead. 


'THERE was a man who had no eyes, 

He went abroad to view the skies; 

He saw a tree with apples on it, 

He took no apples off, yet left no apples on it. 

f THE MAN HAD ONE EYE, AND THE TREE TWO APPLES UPON IT. ) 

THERE was an old man. 

And he had a calf. 

And that’s half 
He took him out of the stall. 

And put him by the wall. 

And that’s all. 

“POBERT BARNES, 
fellow fine. 

Can you shoe this horse 
of mine?” 

“Yes, good sir, that 
I can. 

As well as any 

other man; 

Here a nail, and 
there a prod. 

And now, good sir, 
your horse 
is shod. ” 




‘'TO irfake your candfes la^ for^verf 

you wives and^'maifis give ear-o! 
To put them out’s the only way,” 

Says honest JOHM BOLDERO 



1 WE/NT to the wood and got it; 

1 sat me down and looked at it ; 
The more I looked at it the less I liked it, 

And I brought it home because I couldn’t help it. 


( A THORN. ) 


CATURDAY night shall be my whole care, 
To powder my locks and curl my hair, 
On Sunday morning my love will come in 
And marry me then with a pretty gold ring. 


A RIDDLE, a riddle, as I suppose, 

^ A hundred eyes, and never a nose. 

( A CINDER-SIFTER. ) 


DEASE porridge hot. 
Pease porridge cold. 
Pease porridge in the pot. 
Nine days old. 


Some like it hot. 
Some like it cold. 
Some like it in the pot, 
Nine days old. 






TAFFY was a Welshman, Taffy 
was a thief, 

'I'affy came to my house and 
stole a piece of beef ; 

I went to Taffy’s house, Taffy 
wasn’t home ; 

Taffy came to my house and 
stole a marrow-bone ; 

I went to Taffy’s house, Taffy 
was in bed, 

I took the marrow-bone and 
beat about his head. 

T ADY BUG, lady bug, fly 
away home ; 

Your house is on fire, your 

children all gone. 

All but one, and her name is Ann, 

And she crept under the frying-pan. 

T IT'FLE Tommy Grace had a pain in his face, 

^ So bad he could not learn a letter ; 

When in came Dicky Long, singing such a funny 
song. 

That Tommy laughed, and found his face much 
better. 



p IDE a cock-horse to Shrewsbury cross, 

To buy little Johnny a galloping horse : 

It trots behind and it ambles before, 

And Johnny shall ride — till he can ride no more. 



[ A play with the face. The child exclaims. ] 

RI N G the bell ! - - giving a lock of its hah a pull. 
Knock at the door ! - tapping its forehead. 

Draw the latch ! - - pulling up its nose. 

And walk in ! - - - 

[ Say quickly. J 

TN fir tar is, 

^ In oak n 
In mud eel 
In clay n 
Goat eat i 
Mare eat 


K WAY, birds, away! 

^ Take a little, and 
leave a little. 
And do not come again; 
For if you do, 

1 will shoot you through. 
And then there will be 

an end of you ! 



DOW, WOW, WOW! 

Whose dog art th( 
Little Tom Tucker’ 

dog. 

Bow, wow, wow ! 


DYE, BABY 
^ Bumpkin ! 
Where’s Tony Lumpkin 
My lady’s on her 

death-bed. 
With eating half a pu 


I HAD a little doggy. 

That used to sit and beg. 

But doggy tumbled down the stairs 
And broke his little leg. 

Oh ! doggy I will nurse you. 
And try to make you well. 
And you shall have a collar 
With a pretty little bell. 


T ITTLE TOiVf TUCKER sings for his supper; 
^ What shall he eat ? White bread and butter. 


How shall he cut it without any knife ? 
How shall he be married without any wife? 


pTLEelMilORNERSffl IN ft CORNER. 

Ill Eating a Christmas pie : 

^ He put in his thumb, 

And took out a plum, 

And said, “What a good boy am I !” 

p I DE a cock horse 
To Banbury Cross, 

To see an old woman upon a white horse: 
With rings on her fingers. 

And bells on her toes, 

She shall have music wherever she goes ! 



COOSEY, Goosey, Gander, 


^ where shall I wander? 
Up stairs, down stairs, and 


in my lady’s chamber; 
There I met an old 


man that would 
not say his 


prayers ; 
I took him by the 


left leg, and 


threw him 
down stairs! 





JHE man in the moon 
Came down too soon 
To ask the way to Norwich. 
He went by the south, 
And burnt his mouth 
With eating cold ^ 
pease porridge. 

I ITTLE Robin Redbreast 
sat upon a tree”; 

Up went the Pussy Cat, 
and down went he ; 

Down came Pussy 
Cat, away Robin 
ran, — 

Said little Robin Redbreast, 
“Catch me if you can!” 


Little Robin Redbreast jumped 
upon a wall ; 


Pussy Cat jumped after him, and got a little fall. 
Robin chirped and sang, and what did Pussy say? 
Pussy cat said, “Mew. mew, mew!” and Robin 
flew away. 


MEEDLES and pins, needles and pins. 

When a man marries, his trouble begins. 



TOM he was a Piper^^SLoh, C 
He learned to play when he was 
young, 

But the only tune that he could 
play 

Was, “Over the hills and far away 


Now, Tom with his pipe made such 
a noise, 

That he pleased both the girls and 
the boys; 

And they stopped to hear him play. 
“Over the hills and far away.’ 



Tom on his pipe could play with such 
skill, 

That no one who heard him could ever 
keep still ; 

Whenever they heard him they began 
to dance— 

Even pigs on their hind legs would 
after him prance. 

He met old Dame Trot with a basket 
of eggs; 

He used his pipe, and the Dame used 
her legs; 


She danced about till the eggs were 
all broke; 

She began to fret, but he laughed at 
the joke. 


He saw a cross fellow was beating 
an ass. 

Heavy laden with pots, pans, dishes, 
and glass, 

He took out his pipe and played them 
a tune. 

And the jackass’s load was lightened 
full soon. 


THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG. 


A N old woman was sweeping her house, and 
^ she found a silver sixpence. 

“What shall I do with this little sixpence?” 
said the old woman, “I will go to market, and buy 


a pig. 

So she went to market, and bought a nice little 
pig. As she was coming home, she came to a 
stile, but piggy was obstinate, and would not go 
over the stile. 

The old woman looked around and saw a little 
dog. So she said to the dog, “ Dog, dog, bite pig ; 
piggy won’t get over the stile ; and I shan’t get 
home to-night.” 



But the dog would not. 

She went a little farther, and 
she met a stick. So she . said, 
“Stick, stick, beat dog; dog vycn’t 
bite pig: piggy won’t get over 
the stile ; and I shan’t get home 
to-night.” 

But the stick would 
not. 

She went a little 
farther, and she 


met a fire. So she 
said, “ Fire, fire, burn 
stick ; stick won’t 
beat dog: dog won’t 
bite pig; piggy won’t 
get over the stile ; 
and I shan’t get home 
to-night.” 

But the fire would 
not. 

She went a li 
farther, and she r 
some water. ^ So she 
said, “Water, water, 
quench fire|’ fire won’t burn stick; stick won’t 
beat dog: ^Pg won’t bite pig; piggy won’t get 
over the stije'; anel I shanh get home to-night.” 

But the water would not. 

She went -a little farther, and she met an ox. 
So she said,. “'Dx, ox, drink water; water won’t 
quench fire ; fire won’t burn stick ; stick won’t 
beat dog; dog won’t bite pig; piggy won’t get 
over the stile ; andU shan’t get home to-night.” 

But the ox would not. 

She went a little farther, and she met a butcher. 
So she said, “Butcher, butcher, kill ox; ox won’t 



drink water; water won’t quenqli fire; fire won’t 
burn stick; stick won’t beat dog; (fog won’t bite 
pig; piggy won’t get over the stile.; and I shan’t 
get home to-night.” 



But the butcher would not. 
She went a little farther, 
and she met a rope. 
So she said, “ Rope, 
rope, hang 
butcher ; 
butcher won’t 
11 ox ; 
ox won’t 
drink 
water ; 
water 
won’t 


finds a silver sixpence. 



quench fire ; fire won’t burn stick ; stick won’t 
beat dog; dog won’t, bite pig; piggy won’t get 
over the stile ; and I shan’t get home to-night.” 


But the rope would not. 

She went a little far- 
ther, and she met a^ 
rat. So she sajd, 

“ Rat, rat, gnaVv 
rope; rope won’t . 
hang butcher ; butcher ■ 
won’t kill ox ; ox ;i^on’t \;' 
drink water; 'Water ^on’t^*-.- 
quench fire ; fire won’t burn 
stick; stick won’t beat dog; 
dog won’t bite pig ; piggy 
won’t get over the<stile ; and 
I shan’t get home to-night.” 

But the rat would not. 

She went a little farther, and she met a cat. 
So she said, “Cat, cat, kill rat; rat won’t gnaw 
rope ; rope won’t hang butcher ; butcher won’t 
kill ox ; ox won’t drink water ; water won’t quench 
fire; fire won’t burn stick; stick won’t beat dosf- 
dog won’t bite pig ; piggy won’t get over the 
stile ; and I shan’t get home to-night.” 

But the cat said to her, “If you will go to 
yonder cow, and fetch me a saucer of milk, I will 
kill the rat.” 

So away went the old woman to the cow. But 



the cow said to her, “If you will go to yonder 
haystack, and fetch me a handful of hay. I’ll give 
you the milk.” 

So away went the old woman to the haystack ; 
and she brought the hay to the cow. 

As soon as the cow had eaten the hay, she gave 
the old woman the milk, and away she went with 
it in a saucer to the cat. 

As soon as the cat had lapped up the milk, the 
cat began to kill the rat ; the rat began to gnaw 
the rope ; the rope began to hang the butcher ; 
the butcher began to kill the ox; the ox began to 
drink the water ; the water began 
to quench the fire; the fire began to 
burn the stick ; the stick be- 
gan to beat the dog ; the dog 
began to bite the pig ; the 
- little pig in a fright jumped 
over the stile; and so 
the old woman got 
" home that night. 



(A THAT I was where I would be, 
1'hen would I be where I am not ! 
But where I am I must be. 

And where I would be I cannot. 



A WAS AN APPLE PIE; 
^ B bit it; 

C cut it ; 

_ D danced for it ; 

E eat it; 

F fought for it 
G guarded it ; 

H hid it; 
J jumped for it ; 

K kept it ; 
L longed for it ; 

M mourned for it; 
N needed it; 

O offered it; 
P peeped at it ; 

Q quartered it! 
R ran for it ; 

S skipped for it ; 
tasted ft; 

U upset it; 
viewed it; 

VV wanted it; 
Y, Z, and &, 

wished for a piece in hand. 




CLAP HANDS! 

Clap hands! 

Till Papa 

cotnes home ; 
For Papa has money, 

But Mamma 






THERE was a man, and his name was Dob, 
And he had a wife, and her name was Mob, 
And he had a dog, and he called it Cob, 

And she had a cat, called Chitterabob. 


pUSSY Cat Mole, 

Jumped over a coal. 

And in her best petticoat burnt a great hole. 
Poor Pussy’s weeping, she’ll have no more milk. 
Until her best petticoat’s mended with silk. 



r HAD a little hen, the pretti- 
est ever seen ; 

She washed up the dishes, and 
kept the house clean ; 
She went to the mill, 
to fetch 

me some flour; 
She brought it home 
in less 

:-.Hhan an hour; 
She baked me my 
bread; she 
brewed me my ale ; 
She sat by the fire, 
and told many a fine tale. 




piDE, baby, ride, 

Pretty baby shall ride, 
x\nd have a little 
puppy-dog tied to ' 
her side. 

And little pussy-cat 
tied to the other. 

And away she shall 
ride, to see her 
grandmother. 

To see her 

grandmother. 

To see her 

grandmother. 


T ITTLE Sallie Waters, sitting in the sun, 

^ Crying and weeping for a young man ; 
Rise, Sallie, rise. 

Wipe your eyes. 

Fly to the east, fly to the west. 

Ply to the one that you love best. 

THE fair maid who, the first of May, 

^ Goes to the fields at break of day. 

And washes in dew from the hawthorn tree. 
Will ever after handsome be. 


AH, who is so merry, so airy, heigh ho! 

^ As the light-hearted fairy, heigh ho, heigh ho 1 
He dances and sings 
To the sound of his wings ; 

With a hey, and a heigh, and a ho! 



Oh, who is so merry, so airy, heigh ho ! 

As the light-hearted fairy, heigh ho, heigh ho ! 

His nectar he sips 
From a primrose’s lips. 

With a hey, 

and a heigh, 
and a ho ! 

Oh, who is so merry, so 
airy, heigh ho ! 

As the light-hearted 
fairy, heigh ho ! 
heigh ho ! 
His night is 

the noon. 
And his sun is 

the moon 
With a hey, 

and a heigh, 

and a ho ! ; 



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